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高级英语复习笔记及讲解1Lesson OneRock SuperstarsWhat DoThey TellUs AboutOurselves andOur Society
1.RockSuperstars摇滚乐超级明星rockrock music,rocknroll(orrock androll)摇滚乐早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌(folk)爵士乐(jazz)勃鲁斯歌曲(blues)等的一种音乐,其特征是具有强烈的节奏(rhythm)单纯的旋律(melody)一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍音(after beat)
2.Rock isthe musicof teenagerebel lion.摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐a.teenage adj.pertaining toa teenager(13至19岁的)青少年的.其名词形式为teenager(13至19岁的青少年).b.rebellionresistance toor defianceof anyauthority造反,反派.如;a rebel1ion againstold traditions对旧传统的反叛.
3.By amans heroesye shallknow him.你将从一个人崇拜的英雄得知其人.a.这句句子的句型与英语中常说的judge aman by the companyhe keeps(以一个人所交的朋友断定其为人)很相似.b.ye=you用于古英语或诗歌中,是第二人称代词thou的复数.如Ye arethe saltof theearth.你们是社会的中坚.(出自〉)
4.Midnight Ramblerramblewalk forpleasure漫游,既可表动词,也可作名词.如;They rambledthrough thewoods.他们在林中漫步.
1.grabto seizesuddenly,eagerly,or roughly;snstch急抓,夺取.如He jumpedup fromthe table,grabbed hishat andran outof thedoor.他从桌子旁跳了起来,抓起自己的帽子,奔出门去.另外,grab后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语.如grab ashower快速冲了澡,grab asandwich,胡乱吃了一个三明治,grab ataxi赶搭出租车.有时,还可以作不及物动词.如He grabbedat theopportunity ofgoing abroad.他设法抓住这次出国的机会b.sprinkleto scatterdrops orparticles ofwater,powder orthelike on洒液体,撒粉末等(于上).如They sprinkledashes onthe icysidewalk.他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了灰.We sprinklethe lawnevery day.我们每天给草坪洒水.以sprinkling引导的短语是动词的-ing形式作伴随状语.再如They stoodthere,watching thebasketball.他们站在那里,观看篮球比赛.
6.They surge to followhim,eager to be touchedby afew baptismaldrops.a.surgeto moveor swellforward inor likewaves如波涛汹涌而至.A crowdsurged outof thetheater.观众从剧院里蜂拥而出.b.以形容词eager引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作用.
8.I oughttobecrawling onmy knees.a.crawledto movewith theface downwardand theboye closeto theground爬行.如;The buscrawled along.公共汽车缓慢地行进.注意短语crawl intothe favorof one*s superiors表示〃卑躬屈膝地讨好上司”.b.on ones knees双膝跪地.
9.How doyou feel about allthis adulationand heroworship a.feelaboutconsider,think of觉得,感到.经常用于疑问句中,如How doyou feelabout thesuggestion你认为这个建议怎么样b.adulation是adulate的名词形式.adulateflatter oradmire excessively过分赞赏,奉承,恭维.如One canhardly understandwhy youngpeople soadulate filmstars.年轻人为什么如此过分赞赏影星,真让人费解.
10.Or areyou drawnsomehow tothis strangeclown,perhaps becauseheacts outyour wildest fantasies a.drawatteact吸弓|.如Some mutualinterests drawus together.一些共同的兴趣把我们吸引到一块了.b.somehowin someway notspecified orknown不知什么缘故.如Somehow Idon*t likethis novelthough it is sopopular.这本小说虽然很流行,但不知什么原因我却不喜欢它.c.fantasyimagination,esp.when itis letfree andnot heldback自由奔放的想象,幻想,狂想.wildestfantasies,最为狂妄的奇想.
11.These arent idlequestions.idleof noreal worthor purpose无聊的.如idle rumor无聊的谎言.
14.It isthey alonewho combineinvention andexaggeration,a.itis.....whothat是强调句式.b.aloneafter anoun orpronounonly在名词或代词后面仅,只.His namealone wasenough todraw alarge audience.仅仅他的名字就足以吸引一大批观众.
15.Rock music,he saysis reallya sociologicalexpressionrather thana musicalforce.rather thaninstead of而不是(肯定前者,否定后者.)比如He isa poetrather thana novelist.与其说他是小说家,不如说他是诗人.这里介绍另一个短语or rather,意为more exactly更为确切地说〃.如late lastnight,or ratherearly thismorning昨天深夜,更为确切地说,是今天清晨.
16.It sjust thatElvis managedto embodythe frustratedteenage spiritof the1950s.a.句中的it有the reason的意思,that=be cause.b.embodygive adefinite formto具体体现如The statueembodies thesentiment ofthe sculptor.这尊塑像表现了雕像家的感情.The latestmodel ofthe lorryembodies manyimprovements.卡车的最新式样体现了许多改进的地方.
17.TV networkbanned him.a.networka groupof radioor televisionstations linkedby wireormicrowaves(广播,电视)广播网b.banprohibit,forbid禁止.如Students arebanned fromreading dirtybooks.禁止学生阅读色情书刊.
18.Most ofthe olderviewers frowned,while mostoftheyounger viewersapplauded.a.frownto wrinklethe forehead,such aswhen oneis displeasedorin deepthought皱眉.如听到我说错了答案,他便皱起了眉头.短语frown on(upon)表示〃不赞同”.如He frownedupon myplan.他不赞同我的计划.b.applaudto clapthe handstogether inapproval orappreciation鼓掌喝彩;称赞.如The audienceapplauded wildly.观众热烈鼓掌.c.连接词while在这里表示对照,再如T1ike bookswhi1e mybrother lovessports.我喜欢书,而我的兄弟则热衷于体育.
19.The RollingStones,arrogant street-fighting men,demandedrevolution.arrogantacting asif onewere moreimportant thanothers傲慢的;妄自尊大的.如;He wasjust tooarrogant tohis subordinates.他对他的部卜太傲慢
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20.Feelings,always apart ofany musicalstatement,were amajorsubject.这里always apart ofany musicalstatement是feelings的同位语.
21.The Beatlesshowed therewere a range ofemotions betweenlove andhate.rangeanumberof differentthings ofthe samegeneral sortor type(变动的,可供选择的)范围;幅度.如a rangeof colorsto choosefrom可以选择的一系列颜色;arangeof pricesfrom5yuan to50yuan从5元到50元不等的各种价格.
24..where its headinghead(for):move toward(朝某一方向)前进.如They wereheading forthe deepjungle forhunting.他们去从林深处打猎.。